[pophenat]

A small bit of advice from me: consider the weight of the binoculars when buying them. They can be too heavy to hold for more than a minute - especially large ones made for astronomy. You will either want a tripod (which is inconvenient to carry around and set up), or you’d want the binoculars to be smaller in size.

[bumbledraven]

Or you can buy image stabilizing binoculars which mechanically keep the image steady in your view despite the slight motion of your hands.

[sph]

I didn't know this was a thing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image-stabilized_binoculars

[vl]

For any practical viewing with binoculars you do need a good tripod - otherwise instead of stars you’ll see shaky lines. Unlike daytime viewing your eye/brain doesn’t eliminate small shakes, or maybe it’s just harder to stabilize binoculars when looking up.